Tim Chen wrote: > For some reason we want to disable fnctl lock for NFS > mounted partition. We can achieve this by the following > command: mount_nfs -T -L server:/home /mnt > However after several time of failure tests, we still > can not make it work in /etc/fstab. > > server:/home /mnt nfs rw,tcp 0 0
server:/home /mnt nfs rw,tcp,-L 0 0 > By the way, since the machine is running as a mail server which > install postfix,courier-imap, will it happen any kind of data > corruption due to NFS fnctl lock disabled? In general, all programs that access mail files must use locking for concurrent access. Without proper locking you'll get data corruption. I strongly advise against running mail software on NFS mounts without locking (i.e. with the -L option). Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor, and when was the last time you needed one?" -- Tom Cargil, C++ Journal _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
